Luminar Technologies and Zenseact, the self-driving software subsidiary of Volvo Cars will coöperate to offer a combination hardware-software system to other automakers. Luminar make a self-driving lidar which uses laser light to help cars gain a three-dimensional view of their surroundings. Volvo plan to use Luminar’s sensors in their vehicles with production starting next year.
Zenseact make a self-driving decisionmaking software system called OnePilot that, in combination with Luminar’s sensors, will power autonomous features for Volvo’s vehicles.
Under the agreement, Luminar will pair Zenseact’s software with their own hardware and software to offer a self-driving system to other automakers, potentially including Volvo’s competitors.
The system will aim to provide full autonomous driving on highways. It will use a computing chip from Nvidia, and cameras and radar sensors in addition to Luminar’s lidar unit, but can be made to work with the cameras and radars that many automakers have already included in their vehicles.
